Deep tine Rosarie Forest
Photograph courtesy of David Foot, Surrey taken around 1971
Early prototype of a very deep tine plough (S75/t90/m) developed to cultivate hard indurated soils and deeper iron iron pans thus give trees an improved soil and site condition for growth. Improvements in growth were achieved but the cost was considerable.
This version of the tine plough was mounted directly onto the hydraulic ripper bar that came as standard on the Fowler dozing and ripping machines. Later versions of mounting added two semi vertical hydraulic rams to assist with lift of the very heavy plough and even later versions discarded the ripper bar and more elegantly mounted the beam on a vertical and swivel point on a heavy drawbar plate bolted directly to the frame and gearbox casing.
This site appears to be part of a East Scotland senior staff site tour to look over new techniques in cultivation. The man in the kilt is District officer Finlay MacRae, the man with back view holding plough is thought to be George Taylor, District officer with plough development team and the man with face above George’s arm may be Dick Richards Conservator East Scotland. Can anyone name the man with the camera slung around his neck?
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Groups: Forest Research, Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Northeast Scotland , Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines